The 2015 Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire will be Saturday and Sunday, August 29th and 30th, at the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum. We have commitments to hold the Faire at the Balloon Museum on the weekend before Labor Day weekend for the next three years.

Please check the website and our social media channels throughout the upcoming days, weeks and months for information about being a Maker, sponsoring the Faire, and volunteering to help make it all happen.

PHOTOS FROM THE 2014 MINI MAKER FAIRE

WHAT IS MAKER FAIRE?

Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.

Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.

The original Maker Faire event was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2013 celebrated its eighth annual show with some 900 makers and 120,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in four years to 600+ makers and 75,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Newcastle (UK), Rome, Oslo and Tokyo are the home of “featured” 2013 Maker Faires (200+ makers), and community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world—including right here in Albuquerque.

About MAKE Magazine:

MAKE is the first magazine devoted entirely to Do-It-Yourself (DIY) technology projects. MAKE unites, inspires, informs, and entertains a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your will.

a publisher of best-in-category titles via Make: Books, including introductions to electronics,

Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, Arduino and more.

THIS YEAR AT ALBUQUERQUE MINI MAKER FAIRE

This year at Mini Maker Faire – Christian Ristow from Taos set up his “Face Forward” Check out this video from 2012 where Christian describes “Face Forward”. He also provides an excellent overview of what Maker Faires are all about:Face Forward / Christian Ristow from Jagged Melon Productions on Vimeo.

Inventor, Storyteller, Hobbyist, Tinkerer, Artist, Musician…

Who is a maker?

Makers are people who embrace the do-it-yourself spirit whether individually, or in teams.

Makers create, build, invent, re-purpose, hack, alter or otherwise change and improve the world around them through thinking and creativity.

Spread the word

You are welcome to help spread the word about the event or promote it on your website or social media profile. Download the logo below to post and link back to our main webpage: http://www.albuquerque-minimakerfaire.com